A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide funding to the department of correction to complete the construction of an authorized prison hospital.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding Section 23.12(g) of S.L. 2006‑66, the Department of Correction shall take appropriate measures, including maximizing the use of the Inmate Construction Program, to reduce the costs related to the construction of projects authorized by S.L. 2007‑323 and S.L. 2008‑107, as each is amended by S.L. 2009‑209, to be financed with the proceeds of special indebtedness incurred pursuant to Article 9 of Chapter 142 of the General Statutes.  The Department of Correction, with approval of the Office of State Budget and Management, may use the proceeds of special indebtedness incurred for the original project made available by savings generated from such cost reductions, together with available funds, to provide additional funds for capital facility expenses for the completion of the Regional Medical Center and Mental Health Center in an amount not to exceed twenty million dollars ($20,000,000). Such alternate use of funds shall not require any further approval of the Council of State pursuant to Article 9 of Chapter 142 of the General Statutes.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.